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topee

or ³Ù´Ç·±è¾±

[ toh-pee, toh-pee ]

noun

  1. (in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.


topee

/ -pɪ; ˈtəʊpiË /

noun

  1. another name for pith helmet
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of topee1

First recorded in 1825–35, topee is from the Hindi word á¹­o±èÄ« hat
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of topee1

C19: from Hindi ³Ù´Ç±èÄ« hat
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Example Sentences

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He had on a white topee, and was accompanied by three or four men dressed like him in shorts.

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Completing the ensemble was that unmistakable symbol of imperialism, the pith helmet or solar topee.

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Among hundreds of men wearing turbans and topees at Karachi’s main train station, Muhammad Arshad stood out in his blue baseball cap with Rotary’s bright yellow gearwheel.

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Elizabeth’s favorite haunt is the British Club, where the men wear khaki shorts and topee hats and berate the Burmese servants for running low on ice for their tumblers of whiskey and gin.

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The midges or sand flies were very troublesome the whole way and came in hundreds round one's head, got inside one's topee, and were thoroughly objectionable.

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